Winter storm forecast to bypass the Baltimore region Sunday, but threat of some snow remains

The Baltimore region appears likely to escape the brunt of a winter storm forecast to develop this weekend, but some snow could still fall Sunday, meteorologists said.

Heavy snow is forecast across North Carolina and southern Virginia from Saturday night to Sunday night, and meteorological models have differed in recent days about whether the storm could creep up into Maryland.

On Thursday, it appeared high pressure over the eastern Great Lakes and the mid-Atlantic would keep the storm south of Maryland, National Weather Service forecasters said.

They predicted “some impact, moderate to maybe high,” in Southern Maryland, the lower Eastern Shore and Northern Virginia, and chances for at least some snow flurries up to the Baltimore region.

AccuWeather.com predicted potential for some snow Sunday as far north as Baltimore, and chances for icy precipitation on the lower Eastern Shore. But forecasters said the storm isn’t expected to move very far north.

“This is not the type of storm where snow will continue to advance northward,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brian Wimer said.

Any snow that does reach the Baltimore region would probably arrive later on Sunday.